Twenty-three-year-old Danya * was sitting with her brother and his wife in Minsk’s Independence Square on Monday, when men dressed in black forced them into a delivery van. The trio wore white ribbons, symbols of opposition to the re-election of the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, who was widely condemned …
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PARIS – The head of France’s national health service says Paris and Marseille are zones of risk declared for the coronavirus if authorities observe a sharp increase in infections. Jerome Salomon, speaking on French radio, warned “the situation is getting worse week by week” in the country. He says that …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Global equities dipped on Friday as eurozone data did not bode well for investors already worried about insufficient Chinese economic numbers and a slowdown in US fiscal stimulus. FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian in the offices of the London Stock Exchange in the City of London, UK, 29 …
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GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Thursday it saw no evidence that coronavirus was spread through food or packaging and urged people not to be afraid of the virus entering the food chain. PHOTO PHOTO: Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks …
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MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian leadership has released thousands of detainees and on Thursday offered a rare public apology in a bid to stop national street protests posing the biggest challenge to President Alexander Lukashenko’s 26-year rule. People greet each other during an opposition match to protest against police violence and …
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